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Modern Middle East
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Independence
Pakistan gain their independence on 14 August, the day before Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of their rule of India. Pakistan became an independent country in 1947. The day is a national holiday in Pakistan. -
Independence Act
The British Parliament passes the Indian Independence Act. -
First governor died.
Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the first governor general of Pakistan, Dies -
Offical Language.
Urdu is declared the national language of Pakistan. -
Prime Minster
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan is shot dead. -
Agreement
Pakistan signed an agreement with the U.S. saying that US will come to Pakistan's aid in a time of war, During the India war. -
Constitution
Pakistan Constitution adopted -
1ST President
Ayub Khan becomes first elected president -
War with India
East Pakistan attemps to seced, leading to civil war; India intervenes in support of East Pakistan; Pakistan fights another war with India;East Pakistan breaks away to become Bangladesh; Yahya Khan resigns. -
War!
Third war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and Afghanistan -
US involment.
US pledges military assistance to Pakistan following Soviet interviention in Afghanistan -
Population census
National population census starts throughout the country. -
T.V
Pakistan Television transmission gets access to 38 countries via satellite. -
Nuclear Device
Pakistan tested its first nuclear device. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Nawaz Sharif introduces the Fifteenth Amendment. A Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: -
terrorist punished
Nawaz Sharif sentenced to life imprisonment on hijacking and terrorism charges. -
911.
Al-Qaeda terrorist group attacked America and killed 2,985. Lots of terrorist attacks on that day, Twin Tower had planes crashed into them, Pentagon had a portion of plane crash into, and flight 93 was suppose to be a terroist attack they thought on the white house, but it never made it and crashed into a field in Somerset,Pa. -
Major Earthquake.
An earthquake , with its epicentre in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killed tens of thousand of people. The city of Muzaffararbad is among the worst-hit areas. -
MONEY!
The government borrows billions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund to overcome its spiraling debt crisis. -
NO more Terrorism!
The Pakistani and Indian prime ministers pledge to work together to fight terrorism at the meeting in Egypt irrespective of progress on improving broader relations. -
Bye Bye Bad Guy
The founder of Al-Qaueda, Osama bin laden, Is killed by an American special forces in Abbottabad, 50 km northwest of the capital of Islamabad.
